Jumla Records Low Capital Expenditure in First Nine Months of Fiscal Year 2082/083

Jumla. In the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2082/083, Jumla has recorded a capital expenditure of only 29.28 percent of the total budget.

Manjit Achhami, Comptroller at the District Treasury and Accounts Controller Office, Jumla, stated that out of the Rs 1.94 billion 19 million 10 thousand allocated by the federal government for capital expenditure, Rs 568.519 million, or 29.28 percent, has been spent from Shrawan to Chaitra.

For the current fiscal year, a total budget of Rs 7.31 billion 52 million 29 thousand, covering both recurrent and capital expenses, was allocated for 36 federal government offices and eight local levels in the district. Comptroller Achhami noted that as of the end of Chaitra, Rs 3.53 billion 92 million 54 thousand, or 65.87 percent, has been spent under the recurrent budget.

The total expenditure, including both recurrent and capital, for the first nine months of the current fiscal year stands at Rs 4.10 billion 77 million 73 thousand, or 56.15 percent, according to the District Treasury and Accounts Controller Office, Jumla.

Among the federal government's development allocations, the Intensive Urban and Building Project in Jumla received Rs 809.547 million, of which only Rs 196.805 million, or 23.55 percent, has been spent as of Chaitra.

Similarly, the Road Division Office in Jumla was allocated Rs 743.619 million for capital expenditure, of which only Rs 183.894 million, or 24.73 percent, has been utilized during the same period, the office reported.

In the previous fiscal year 2081/82, Jumla spent Rs 2.08 billion 19 million 85 thousand, or 67.91 percent, out of the Rs 3.05 billion 11 million 27 thousand allocated for capital expenditure. The development budget expenditure of the two major offices, the Road Division Office and the Intensive Urban and Building Project, remains extremely disappointing.

The Road Division Office covers Jumla, Kalikot, and Mugu, while the Intensive Urban and Building Project oversees five districts in Upper Karnali: Jumla, Kalikot, Mugu, Humla, and Dolpa.